Overview
Are you a Registered Nurse looking to work with an organisation that actively promotes the health and wellbeing and development of their staff? Cedar Ward is a nurse-led 17 bedded unit which specialises in rehabilitation and sub-acute care. You will be working within a diverse team including Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Nurse Associates, Healthcare Assistants, Rehabilitation Support Workers, Discharge Co-ordinators, Speech & Language Therapists, Advanced Clinical Practitioners and Doctors. There are opportunities to develop your skills and we will provide Continuing Professional Development to keep your clinical skills up to date. Wiltshire Health and Care as and when required to do so. We change lives by transforming health and care.
Responsibilities
* Plan, deliver and evaluate compassionate nursing care to meet the patient20s individualised needs.
* Ensure the highest standards of care and safety are maintained.
* Responsible for the safe custody and administration of medicines, using a range of routes (once competency achieved) within the NMC Standards for Administration of Medicines and adhering to local policy.
* Promote patient involvement in care planning, implement and sustain communication systems to keep patients and their relatives/families informed of treatment and progress.
* To ensure effective communication is achieved and maintained of sensitive information, with regard to patient assessments and clinical details.
* To act as a role model, ensuring high quality, professional standards are maintained and delivered at all times.
* To appropriately assess patients, ensuring early detection of the deteriorating patient and escalating to the medical team as appropriate.
* Provide legible and comprehensive patient records to agreed organisational and NMC standards and guidelines.
* Participate in the assessment of mental capacity of patients, referring for deprivation of liberties as appropriate, acting at all times in the patient20s best interest.
* Demonstrate an awareness of safeguarding concerns, escalating and reporting as necessary.
* Respond appropriately to patient and carer20s concerns, escalating to Ward Manager as required.
* Promote equality, diversity and inclusion in all aspects of care.
* Support Ward Sister/Ward Manager to ensure safer staffing numbers are met on each shift.
* Ensure effective resource management is maintained, demonstrating an awareness of cost improvement plans.
* Current/live registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
Qualifications
* First Level Registered Nurse
* Excellent written and verbal communication
* IT literate
* Astute interpersonal skills and able to deal with difficult or sensitive situations
* Ability to prioritise and organise own workload, delegating appropriately
* Enhanced clinical competencies, including venepuncture and cannulation
* Up to date understanding of safeguarding and mental capacity legislation
* Recent experience in delivering hands-on nursing care for a group of patients
* Able to demonstrate effective consolidation of nursing knowledge and practice after registration and preceptorship
* Experience working within a multidisciplinary team
* Experience within a range of patient care groups
* Evidence of continuing professional development
* Good team member, able to complement group dynamics
* Adaptable to changing needs of the service
* Self-motivated and compassionate
* Willing to work in other areas of Wiltshire Health and Care as required
Desirable
* Teaching and assessing in practice qualification
Benefits
* AFC Band 5 with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
* Plentiful on-site parking
* Membership of My Reward Hub with discount and cashback offers
* Access to wages as you earn them
* Support for mental and physical wellbeing and access to career coaching and counselling
* Access to eLearning and continuing professional development
* Open, just culture with ideas and innovation funding
* High clinical and quality standards across services
* Free tea, coffee and milk at base location
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